Acts 5:34

Then rose up one of the Pharisees whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, and honored by all the people; and he directed them to put the legates aside for a short time.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

In Context

33And when they heard these things, they burned with indignation, and thought of putting them to death.

35And he said, to them: Men, sons of Israel, take heed to yourselves, and consider what ye ought to do in regard to these men.

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Cross References

Luke 5:17And it occurred, on one of the days when Jesus was teaching, that Pharisees and Doctors of the law were sitting by, who had come from all the villages of Galilee and of Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Acts 4:15Then they commanded to remove them from the presence of the council; and said one to another:

Acts 23:7And when he had said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees fell upon one another, and the people were divided

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →

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